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Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools?
Friesen, Jane; Javdani, Mohsen; Woodcock, Simon - 2009
We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility … revealed. In general, parents respond to information soon after it becomes available. Once the information is absorbed, they do … respond when information is widely disseminated and discussed in the media. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269458
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Economic analysis of knowledge: The history of thought and the central themes
Leppälä, Samuli - 2012
Following the development of knowledge economies, there has been a rapid expansion of economic analysis of knowledge, both in the context of technological knowledge in particular and the decision theory in general. This paper surveys this literature by identifying the main themes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592194
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An Analysis of the Internal Barriers Hindering Croatian Export Companies
Miloloža, Helena - 2016
reliability and the absence of exchange of information, as well as insufficient quality and availability of managerial personnel …
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Die Empfänger von Innovationsförderung: Ergebnisse einer Unternehmensbefragung in Niedersachsen
Mertins, Verena - 2008
In diesem Diskussionspapier werden die Ergebnisse einer im Mai/Juni 2007 durchgeführten Unternehmensbefragung im Raum …
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The analysis of the access to information regarding the adoption of innovation, in Buzau County, Year 2012
Necula, Raluca - 2012
adoption of the innovation in agriculture, i looked through most of the information ways , evaluating the autodidactic profile …The information represents the engine of development both for the individual and for society. I watched by our analysis … to make a link between the possibility of accessing information and the respondents, in order to understand the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316207
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Job Matching and the Returns to Educational Signals
Habermalz, Steffen - 2003
This paper develops a multi-period model, in which workers are matched with jobs according to imperfect educational signals and in which their subsequent productivities depend on both their inherent ability and on the quality of the job match. It outlines a sequential process, in which underpaid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261976
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Advertising in the U.S. Personal Computer Industry
Goeree, Michelle S. - 2004
) industry. I present an empirical discrete-choice model of limited information on the part of consumers, where advertising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263301
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Evaluating the Impact of R&D Tax Credits on Innovation: A Microeconometric Study on Canadian Firms
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hanel, Petr; Rosa, Julio Miguel - 2004
This study examines the effect of R&D tax credits on innovation activities of Canadian manufacturing firms. Over the … on a series of innovation indicators such as number of new products, sales with new products, originality of innovation … additional innovation output. …
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The Effect of Adversity on Process Innovations and Managerial Incentives
Dostie, Benoit; Jayaraman, Rajshri - 2009
This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in adversity arising from increased border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352076
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The effect of adversity on process innovations and managerial incentives
Dostie, Benoît; Jayaraman, Rajshri - 2009
This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in adversity arising from increased border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273810